Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

विष्णुना ब्रह्मणा सार्द्धं कृतं सर्वं यथोचितम् । अन्येहनि च संप्राप्ते वरयात्रा कृता तथा

Transliteration

viṣṇunā brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yathocitam | anyehani ca saṃprāpte varayātrā kṛtā tathā

Translation

Con Brahmā acompañándole, Viṣṇu dispuso todo como era debido. Luego, al llegar el día siguiente, la procesión nupcial (varayātrā) fue igualmente puesta en marcha.

Word by Word

• विष्णुना: by/with Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• ब्रह्मणा: by/with Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sambandha/Upapada (Comitative marker/उपपद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (with/along with) — Indeclinable, comitative particle

• कृतम्: done; made
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) / Predicative (कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Neuter, Nom/Acc Singular

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom/Acc Singular

• यथोचितम्: as is proper
• यथोचितम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उचित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः — Avyayībhāva compound used adverbially

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• अहनि: on the day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction) — Coordinating particle

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्राप् (धातु) + संप्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी, एकवचन; लोके सति-सप्तमी — Past participle in locative absolute, Locative Singular

• वरयात्रा: the bridegroom’s procession
• वरयात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थे प्रचलितः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Tatpuruṣa compound, Feminine, Nominative Singular

• कृता: was done; was held
• कृता: Predicative (कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Feminine, Nominative Singular

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable adverb of manner

Speaker

Lomaśa (continued narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (as addressed in the surrounding discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu with Brahmā overseeing auspicious arrangements; the next day the varayātrā begins—standards raised, conches, orderly attendants, ritual items prepared.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā
• Varayātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through yathocita conduct—doing each sacred act in its proper order and manner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region as the stage for a sanctified Purāṇic event, where divine beings themselves follow ritual propriety.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Varayātrā (the groom’s procession) and the principle of performing rites yathocitam (according to proper rule).